DeFiChain Marketing SIG reports ~184.47B DFI from account-transfer overflow (3 Nov 2026)
- Scam type: Hack
- Chain: DeFiChain
- Project or site name: DeFiChain
- Incident date: 2026-11-03
- Reported: 2026-11-06
- Last updated: 2026-11-06
Summary: Per the DeFiChain Marketing SIG, on 3 Nov 2026 DeFiChain was hit by a critical vulnerability in its account-to-account transfer mechanism; an arithmetic overflow caused only 1 satoshi of DFI to be deducted from the sender while recipients were credited the full amounts, letting an attacker create approximately 92.23 billion DFI. A second address was later identified holding another approximately 92.23 billion DFI from the same vulnerability, for about 184.47 billion DFI total (more than 140 times DeFiChain's intended ~1.3 billion DFI max supply). Evidence: The Marketing SIG's 5 Nov…